Shortness of breath and chest tightness in advanced stage of stomach cancer may be caused by poor nutritional status, pleural effusion, lung metastasis and so on.
1. Poor nutritional status: Shortness of breath and chest tightness may occur in advanced stage of gastric cancer due to difficulty in eating and poor nutritional status caused by gastric cancer lesions, resulting in hypoalbuminemia and severe anemia.
2. Pleural effusion: when tumor invades pleura or peritoneum and causes pleural effusion in late stage of gastric cancer, it may lead to chest tightness, shortness of breath, abdominal distension, coughing and so on.
3. Lung metastasis: Lung metastasis occurs in the late stage of stomach cancer, resulting in multiple and large metastatic lesions in the lungs, causing bronchial compression and blockage, which may lead to chest tightness and shortness of breath, and some patients may suffer from paroxysmal coughing, coughing up sputum, and sputum with blood in the sputum.
It is suggested that patients should consult the doctor in time, improve the examination under the doctor’s guidance to clarify the diagnosis and carry out targeted treatment. Patients with poor nutritional status in the advanced stage of gastric cancer should follow the doctor’s instruction to make appropriate supplementation and correction to improve the situation of chest tightness and shortness of breath.